[ALSA] ASoC: Add support for BCLK based on (Rate * Chn * Word Size)

[mirror_ubuntu-artful-kernel.git] / Documentation / sound / alsa / soc / clocking.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt
index 88a16c9e1979fc3b2596a7806f9d2cb4ec2f38bf..1f55fd8cb1172d5baf1cfbfd71688ebc606675ee 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/clocking.txt
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ between the codec and CPU.
 
 The DAI also has a frame clock to signal the start of each audio frame. This
 clock is sometimes referred to as LRC (left right clock) or FRAME. This clock
-runs at exactly the sample rate.
+runs at exactly the sample rate (LRC = Rate).
 
-Bit Clock is usually always a ratio of MCLK or a multiple of LRC. i.e.
+Bit Clock can be generated as follows:-
 
 BCLK = MCLK / x
 
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ BCLK = MCLK / x
 
 BCLK = LRC * x
 
+ or
+
+BCLK = LRC * Channels * Word Size
+
 This relationship depends on the codec or SoC CPU in particular. ASoC can quite
-easily match a codec that generates BCLK by division (FSBD) with a CPU that
-generates BCLK by multiplication (FSB).
+easily match BCLK generated by division (SND_SOC_DAI_BFS_DIV) with BCLK by
+multiplication (SND_SOC_DAI_BFS_RATE) or BCLK generated  by
+Rate * Channels * Word size (RCW or SND_SOC_DAI_BFS_RCW).
 
 
 ASoC Clocking